Today there's a larger synchronicity. I'm slowly reading _Tutankhamun: The Untold Story_ by Thomas Hoving. Just this morning, I read about Theodore Davis' discards; "the jars, the pieces of linen and the bags of a dried-out substance were really of no great immediate interest to Winlock, either..." but Winlock, the associate curator of Egyptology at the Met museum, asked for them anyway, giving "scientific reasons". (page 52) "For eleven years Winlock paid them no attention at all." (page 53)

When he got around to examining the large collection, "he saw things none one had seen before"(page 61)

"The contents of the shallow pit found by Davis were obviously not from the tomb, but the linen fragment in one of the jugs with the name Tutankhamun was at least further evidence the the King was somewhere in the area." (page 56)

Furthermore, "the jugs, the cups and some clay items actually carried a number of seals of Tutankhamun and the seal of the royal necropolis. That in itself was the absolute and final clue to the fact that Tutankhamun had been buried in the valley."(page 61)

Winlock's discovery gave Howard Carter renewed determination to keep looking for the tomb, after several fruitless years of searching.